Learning How To Build Better Learners
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LEARNING HOW TO BUILD BETTER LEARNERSSTEVE NGUYEN | DegreedDirector of Client Success degreed.com/espnguyen @espnguyen @degreed
CONNECTED AGE
CONSUMPTION GAP
PROLIFERATION OF PRODUCTFEATURES AND COMPLEXITY
ABILITY OF HUMANS TO CONSUME FEATURES
HOW WELL DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW YOUR WORKERS LEARN?
Source: Towards Maturity, 2015 Benchmark Report, 11/2015
86% of best-in-class L&D teams actively seek to understand how employees learn what they need to do their jobs.
BEST-IN-CLASS AVERAGE
86%
30%Only 30% of average learning teams do.
ARE YOU READY FORTOMORROW’S LEARNERS?
Source: ATD / i4cp, Learners of the Future: Taking Action Today to Prevent Tomorrow’s Talent Crisis, 12/2015
Only 38% of L&D professionals think their organizations are readyfor the learners of the future.
LET’S PAUSE TO UNDERSTAND…HOW LEARNERS LEARN
LEARNING HOW TO LEARN:
Barbara Oakley, PhD, PEProfessor of Engineering, Oakland University, Rochester, MichiganVisiting Scholar, University of California, San Diego
Powerful Mental Tools to Help You Master Tough Subjects
Focused mode
Diffuse mode
Focused Mode Diffuse Mode
IT TAKES TIME
Weight lifter Sultan Rakhmanov, RIA Novosti
Focusing intently in ONE session to figure something out can create unnecessary challenges
PROCRASTINATE
Insular Cortex!
PROCRASTINATION
PROCRASTINATION – A HABIT
Do NOT focus on finishing a task
• Turn off all distractions• Set timer for 25 minutes• Focus• Reward!
THE POMODORO TECHNIQUE
Xie, Lulu, Hongyi Kang, Qiwu Xu, Michael J Chen, Yonghong Liao, Meenakshisundaram Thiyagarajan, John O’Donnell, et al. "Sleep Drives Metabolite Clearance from the Adult Brain." Science 342, no. 6156 (2013): 373-77.
SLEEP
Yang, G, et al. "Sleep promotes branch-specific formation of dendritic spines after learning." Science 344, 6188 (2014): 1173-1178.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Working memory
Focused mode
Working memory
Long term memory
Qin, S., S. Cho, T. Chen, M. Rosenberg-Lee, D. C. Geary, and V. Menon. "Hippocampal-Neocortical Functional Reorganization Underlies Children's Cognitive Development." Nat Neurosci (Aug 17 2014).
PRACTICE MAKES PERMANENT
Raw informationInformation is chunked
and understood
WORKING MEMORY AND CHUNKING
Focused thinking
Diffuse thinking
A library of chunks
Creative!
POOR MEMORY
“Slow” thinker Maryam Mirzakhani
PASSION
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